Return To 1977 Chapter 438: Surprise

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The Hong family's garden is very large, with stone rockeries, ruined flowerbeds, and a half-collapsed pavilion.

But more often than not, there are walnut trees, persimmon trees, pomegranate trees, quince trees, and wolfberry trees scattered beside a zigzag road.

These flowers, fruits and trees are all improved species and have been planted by successive generations of the Hong family.

It took hundreds of years, and in such a hurry, no one seemed to pay attention to their growth. However, successive generations of the Hong family have benefited a lot from these fruit trees.

Because every year just from the output in my own yard, the money I get from selling it to the "Fruit Bureau" is enough to cover a family's annual vegetable expenses.

This incident can completely reflect the Hong family’s real life attitude and value orientation.

This is completely different from the famous courtyards of many bureaucratic families, such as the "Najia Garden" in Jinyu Hutong and the "Zengjia Garden" in Qinlao Hutong, which blindly pursue luxurious tastes.

Of course, this kind of tangible benefit was shared by more people when the street factory took over.

Although the Hong family's garden is barren, there are not many remaining fruits and fruit cores except for dense weeds on the ground. It can be inferred from this that these fruits are picked every year.

Here, Hong Lucheng pointed out a tall and large persimmon tree next to the roof beam to Chen Liquan. And told him that this was the tree where his father, Chen Deyuan, had secretly picked persimmons when he was a child. And this winter, he will be able to taste the output of this old tree.

The words made Chen Liquan's eyes red. Unconsciously, I realized that life is constantly going in circles.

Because you never know when or what will happen to draw a complete circle.

Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin did not show everyone how to go deeper into the garden, but joined hands along the Yong Road to a courtyard gate.

In everyone's doubtful eyes, they told everyone that this was their past residence - "Huatingyuaner".

It's a pity that the door of the courtyard is only wrapped with a large iron chain, and the padlock is even rusted to death. At first glance, it seems that no one has been here for many years.

In this case, it is difficult to open the lock even with a key.

The only way to get in is to find an ax to split the courtyard door open, or to split the door handle and remove the iron chain.

Both Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin knew that this was very difficult. They weighed the chains and looked very regretful. They felt that the place they wanted to see the most today might not be visible.

But they never imagined that this matter would be difficult for others, and even Hong Yanwu might be helpless. But for Chen Liquan, it was a trivial matter.

Quanzi stepped forward and twisted slightly...

Hey, with a "crash", the chain came off!

Hong Lucheng, Wang Yunlin and Hong Yanzheng didn't know why. They thought the iron chain was severely corroded and broke with a tug.

This time the Coke is broken! They couldn't help but said "good luck" and happily entered the courtyard.

Only Hong Yanwu understood what was going on. He patted Chen Liquan on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

This move also earned Quanzi a simple and honest smile.

Then without any hesitation, the two brothers also walked in.

After entering the courtyard, there is a large patio, with a large area of ​​rocks, flowers and trees arranged in the front corner.

Although those Taihu stones are not jagged and strange, they are exquisite and clear. There are three tall stone peaks, of different sizes and well-proportioned.

What's unique is that there is soil in the recess on the stone surface that is more than a foot high, and a mountain peach tree grows from it. The main trunk is slanted and is as thick as the mouth of a bowl.

It is in the flowering season right now, and the white flowers are already blooming, so gorgeous.

Just looking at this scene, I already feel that this place is pretty. This scene is a must-see for taking photos in any park.

Turn to the right again and go around four green-painted wooden screen walls with the words "Four Seasons of Peace" written on them, and then you can see the whole view of the house.

This is neither a regular courtyard house nor a well-proportioned small bungalow. The small courtyard is located on a high ground, facing south from the north.

In the middle of the courtyard is a main house with a row of five ridges to the north and several side buildings to the east. To the west, a stone table and two stone piers stand against the wall.

Behind the stone table, there are also some half-height stones and a lilac tree.

In addition, through the moon door on the west wall, you can also see another small attic built inside the door, and the attic is connected to the main room on the north by stone steps and verandahs.

The verandah is also wrapped with wisteria, which climbs up to the attic.

As for the innermost part of the inner courtyard, more than a dozen "Xifu Begonia" trees were planted.

The flowers and leaves of this thing are blooming together, and the flowering period is approaching. It is completely conceivable that from April to April, this place must be a beautiful place full of flowers. It really lives up to the name of "Huatingyuaner".

However, although these scenery are beautiful, they are still not as good as the brick carvings on the west wall.

It is actually all hollowed out and fine flower carving patterns, the workmanship is extremely exquisite and meticulous. The large pattern pieced together in the blank space turned out to be a complete "Picture of a Hundred Sons Playing".

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a work of art. As far as Hong Yanwu is concerned, this kind of exquisite wall sculpture is the only one he has seen in his life.

To be honest, with the vicissitudes of time, the old site where Hong Yanwu's parents lived is also inevitably overgrown with grass and birds are frightened by snakes, but it has to be said. The small courtyard here is really nice.

Because the courtyard design here is not only influenced by culture, but also inadvertently and very casually. It perfectly embodies the exquisite elegance of "the four folds of the corridor hide the loneliness. The green parrot faces the red rose".

Moreover, the door is crooked and the roof tiles are missing. The situation is not as serious as that in the east cross courtyard. Surprisingly, except for the wooden attic, most of the house is intact.

This made Hong Lucheng and his wife overjoyed, as well as Hong Yanzheng, who had also lived here.

Hong Yanwu knew how to have fun, and he said as if he had honey in his mouth.

"Dad, after seeing the little foreign house just now, I really thought what you said was reasonable. My grandpa was partial to his third uncle. But now I realize that you are in the midst of blessings and don't know how to be blessed. Grandpa is still the most beautiful. I love you. Even though your yard is not big, it is really full of flowers, trees, houses, and carved brick walls. , and there are none in the Summer Palace. If you look at the houses again, the quality is comparable. They are all empty and in disrepair. But my uncle’s courtyard is almost half collapsed, and your house is basically still there. It’s okay. What else can you say?”

Hong Lucheng smiled unconsciously and said in a mocking tone.

"Hey, you kid, you know how to make up things. What do you know! Your uncle never came back after he left the capital in 1937. How can his house not age? Your mother and I came back after 1945 Living in Beijing. This courtyard was renovated in 1955. How can this be compared?"

He then looked at Wang Yunlin and said deliberately.

"Besides, you have to praise the extraordinary scenery in the yard. In fact, I owe it to your mother. The tiled wall and the attic didn't exist before. They were all specially built to marry your mother. Like you With my mother’s appearance, our Hong family will not hesitate to spend a lot of money.”

Wang Yunlin felt both sweet and a little embarrassed about her husband making such a joke in front of the children. He blushed and quickly interrupted.

"Okay, stop boasting outside. Let's go inside and have a look. I have been dreaming about this place for so many years..."

Hong Yanzheng also agreed.

"Yes, yes, dad, mom, let's go into the house and take a look. I remember that before we moved, there were still a lot of things left in our "Huating Yard". See what it means, this yard is It's been locked, I don't know if it's still there..."

Okay, after hearing this, even Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan became interested. They arrived at the main door almost at the same time.

But no one expected that the room would be filled to the brim again. Looking through the dirty glass outside the window, every room was completely dark.

End! I guess it's like Dongkuayuan inside, with a lot of junk stored by the street.

Now everyone suddenly felt cold again.

But when Chen Liquanzhao helped break the iron chain lock and opened the door, the Hong family's hearts were on fire again. From sudden cooling to sudden heating again.

Because no one expected that the five rooms would be filled with large pieces of furniture from the Hong family’s past.

These ancient gadgets have been destroyed countless times in the past ten years, and are now very rare in the capital. But here, in this old abandoned garden of the Hong family, it miraculously exists.

Eight Immortals table, table, altar table, hanging screen, folding screen, partition fan, Arhat bed, Babu bed, wardrobe, suitcase, festival box, watermelon jar, winter melon jar, porcelain stool, dressing table, copper incense burner, gilt Buddha, sapphire Guanyin, large floor-to-ceiling porcelain vase...

There are all kinds of things. In short, they are all big and bulky things. And at first glance, it seemed that no one had touched it for a long time. It was covered with dust and it was difficult to find a bright color.

"Ouch" Hong Lucheng slapped his forehead and finally remembered.

Ganqing not only has things from their own courtyard, but also things from other courtyards of the Hong family.

This is all the furniture that when the couple left their old house, they couldn't take it with them because they had no place to put it, but they were reluctant to donate or sell it. I simply made a book and left it in the old house.

What I think is that these old items are durable and have records recognized by both parties. When the house comes back, the items will still be theirs, so they don’t have to worry about it.

Later, with the advent of the "movement", the whole country began to "destroy the four olds", and of course they no longer cared about it.

I never expected to see these things in their house again today.

I think it was during the "Destroy the Four Olds" period that they were unified and converged here. Maybe it was the good intentions of the street leaders at the time, or maybe over time, all the people in the street had forgotten about it, and no further action was taken.

This is why God has eyes!

The joy of Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin is their attachment to these old objects. The two of them looked at this and touched that, and the past days seemed to be close before their eyes again.

As for the surprise of Hong Yanzheng and Chen Liquan, it was mainly due to the number and size of these artifacts. The two of them coincidentally ran to the east side building to take a look.

After the sound of the iron chain, the boss shouted again. "Dad, Mom! Damn it! The three rooms I live in are also full! There are still a lot of things!"

Just this sound made Hong Yanwu almost burst out of joy.

He is different from everyone else. In his eyes, these things are just money.

Especially in the first few days, when the Shou family returned the furniture, he felt itchy. At that time, I felt that my family was so unlucky that the old man had "lost everything" in his family. Except for my mother and a treasure left by my ancestors, nothing else was left.

How do you know that the steamed buns are meaty and don’t have pleats? The Hong family is so skinny that a camel is bigger than a horse, yet they have hidden so many treasures in this courtyard. There are eight rooms in total!

Thinking of this, he couldn't bear it anymore and ran towards a large painting table that he had been eyeing for a long time.

The drawing table was three or four meters long. He couldn't wait to wipe the dust in front of his eyes with his sleeves. He saw that the tabletop was extremely flat, with warm colors, flowing shapes, and "ghost faces". What do you think? They are all like huanghuali.

He asked his father. "Dad, is this big painting table Hainan Huanghuali? Where did our family get it?"

Unexpectedly, Hong Lucheng's answer was far beyond his best imagination.

"You guys are pretty good at recognizing good things. But this is not called a painting table, it's called a painting table. It has been in our family for at least a hundred years. It was used by Yan Song, the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty. Your great-great-grandfather used one back then. It was bought in exchange for two yards of sixteen rooms. As for this wood, it is indeed produced in Hainan, but its official name is 'Hua Li', which is more expensive than 'Red Sandalwood'. 'Hainan Huanghuali', this is the first time I have heard of it. Don't make nonsense of it and make people laugh..."

(Note: The term "Huanghuali" appeared relatively late. Ancient Chinese books recorded it as "Huanghuali", "Palmwood", and "Rosewood". Later, with substitutes, the word "Huanghuali" was created)

"Oh my biological father! I don't care what it is called. Just because Yan Song has used it, it is a priceless treasure!"

But as the saying goes, great joy brings sorrow. Just when Hong Yanwu couldn't put it down and held the big case in his arms, there was first a loud "bang" and then a "crash" in the east room.